September 16, 1864
The affair at Coggins’ Point (16th) and the pursuit of the Confederates, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
9/16-17/1864.
Skirmishes at Snicker’s Gap, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
9/16-17/1864.Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, travels to Charlestown, WV, to meet with Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, to discuss a Union offensive against Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, whose army has been depleted with the reinforcement of Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, at Petersburg, VA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XLII P1 #2: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Morgan, Chief Commissary of Subsistence, September 16, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #3: Report of Captain John H. Woodward, Commissary of Subsistence, September 16, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #4: Report of Captain Nathaniel A. Richardson, Commissary of Subsistence, September 16, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade, commanding AotP, August 1-December 12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #6: Itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and Army of the James, August 1-December 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #10: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, U. S. Army, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, August 1-December 26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #14: Report of Brigadier General Henry W. Benham, commanding Eng/AotP and Defenses of City Point, August 1-November 19, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #230: Report of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 2/Cav/AotP, September 16-17, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #231: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, Surgeon-in-Chief, 2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Dec 12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #335: Reports of Brigadier General August V. Kautz, commanding Cav/AotJ, Sept 16-17, Oct 7, and Dec 10, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #338: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Ferris Jacobs, Jr., 3rd NY Cav, Sept 16-17 and Oct 7, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #341: Report of Major Samuel Wetherill, 11th PA Cav, commanding 2/Cav/AotJ, September 16-17, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #344: Report of Major Franklin A. Stratton, 11th PA Cav, September 16-17, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #348: Report of Captain George B. Easterly, 4th WI Btty, Aug 1-Sept 30, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #351: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding Army of Northern Virginia, Aug 16-Dec 27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #362: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 2-Dec 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #374: Reports of Major General Wade Hampton, C. S. Army commanding Cav/ANV, Aug 25, Sept 14-17, Sept 29-Oct 1, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-11, 1864
- LT: September 16, 1864 Homer A. Plimpton (39th Illinois)
- Beefsteak Raid by Edward Boykin
- NP: October 7, 1894 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: A Brilliant Cavalry Coup
- Blue & Gray Magazine, Vol. XXII, No. 3 (2005): The Petersburg Campaign: Beefsteak Raid & Applejack Raid
- MAP: The Cattle Raid, September 16, 1864 (Newspaper Map)
- NP: October 5, 1902 The State (Columbia, SC): Hampton’s Cattle Raid in 1864
- MAP: Hampton’s Plan of Attack, Beefsteak Raid: September 16, 1864
- Map: Action at Ebenezer Church: September 16, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: Hampton’s Beefsteak Raid: September 16, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: September 16, 1864
- NP: November 1, 1908 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: Butler and His Cavalry
- NP: September 20, 1914 Charlotte NC Observer: Hampton’s Cattle Raid
- NP: September 14, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 28: Hampton’s Great Cattle Raid
- DI: September 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- The Siege of Petersburg in Early September 1864 by Bryce Suderow
- NP: February 25, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 3
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania